What Discus mark do you need to get recruited by Southern Miss (men's)?

The median high-school Discus mark of Southern Miss's 2025-26 American men's signees was 53.21m, with the class ranging 53.21m across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Southern Miss competes in the Sun Belt.

What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by Southern Miss (women's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of Southern Miss's 2025-26 American women's signees was 5:11.20, with the class ranging 4:58.27 – 5:20.65 across 4 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Southern Miss competes in the Sun Belt.

What 3200m mark do you need to get recruited by Southern Miss (women's)?

The median high-school 3200m mark of Southern Miss's 2025-26 American women's signees was 11:09.38, with the class ranging 11:05.62 – 11:30.68 across 3 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Southern Miss competes in the Sun Belt.

What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Southern Miss (women's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Southern Miss's 2025-26 American women's signees was 2:22.05, with the class ranging 2:11.50 – 2:25.26 across 3 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Southern Miss competes in the Sun Belt.

Who is the head track and field coach at Southern Miss?

Jon Stuart (Track & Field/Cross Country Head Coach) leads the Southern Miss track & field program. Jon Stuart leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Southern Miss

NCAA Division I · Sun Belt · MS

Every mark below belongs to someone Southern Miss actually signed for 2025-26 — 9 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Southern Miss is a 10,012-student public campus in Hattiesburg, MS and competes in the Sun Belt. Jon Stuart leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.

Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.

The Southern Miss program at a glance

Division: NCAA Division I
Conference: Sun Belt
Campus: Hattiesburg, MS
Enrollment: 10,012 students
T&F operating budget: $545K men · $891K women

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Men's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

DiscusThrows

53.21mmedian signee

53.21mclass range

53.21m1 signee

Women's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

1600mDistance

5:11.20median signee

4:58.27 – 5:20.65class range

5:11.204 signees

3200mDistance

11:09.38median signee

11:05.62 – 11:30.68class range

11:09.383 signees

800mDistance

2:22.05median signee

2:11.50 – 2:25.26class range

2:22.053 signees

Who recruits for Southern Miss

Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.

Jon StuartTrack & Field/Cross Country Head CoachDistance
Nick GibsonHead Cross Country/Assistant Track CoachDistance
Kyle StringerAssistant Track and Field Coach
Myreon SartinAssistant Track and Field Coach
Zayne PalominoGraduate Assistant

Direct, verified contact info for the full Southern Miss staff lives in the member database.

Every verified mark in Southern Miss's 2025-26 class

6 of the 9 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.

Men's class · 1 signed

Signed out of: AL

Discus1 signed

53.21m

Women's class · 5 signed

Signed out of: AL · MA

800m1 signed

2:11.50

1600m2 signed

4:58.275:20.65

3200m2 signed

11:05.6211:30.68

Members see who each of these 6 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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More Sun Belt recruiting standards

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D1 standards for the events Southern Miss signs

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